"Instead of a weak and vacillating Government, a single, purposeful, energetic personality is ruling today"
- Hjalmar Schacht
About this Quote
This quote by Hjalmar Schacht is referring to the political scenario in Germany throughout the 1930s. He is praising the leadership of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, which had recently come to power. Schacht is recommending that the previous federal government was weak and indecisive, and that the new management is strong and definitive. He is implying that the new government is much better able to make choices and act, and that it is more reliable in achieving its objectives. This quote is an example of how the Nazi Party had the ability to gain support from some members of the German public by emerging as a strong and capable federal government.
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